BlueStacks

BlueStacks

by BlueStack Systems, Inc.

What is BlueStacks?

BlueStacks is software application developed by BlueStack Systems, Inc.. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 76.52% of installations running this operating system. BlueStacks's installer is typically 681.00 KB in size and installs around 45 files. The most common release is 0.7.3.766 with 35.35% of all installations currently using this version.

BlueStacks is most popular in the United States with 25.23% of installations residing in this country.

BlueStacks adds 5 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times.

Software Behaviors

Services:
  • hd-logrotatorservice.exe runs as a service named 'BlueStacks Log Rotator Service' (BstHdLogRotatorSvc).
  • hd-service.exe runs as a service named 'BlueStacks Android Service' (BstHdAndroidSvc).
Scheduled tasks:
  • hd-startlauncher.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{D0EE3BC9-E1E6-4C9C-BD3D-6694791B9C40}' (runs on registration).
  • hd-adb.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{414B58D5-075E-4F20-A788-93CF9F140FAC}' (runs on registration).
  • hd-logrotatorservice.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{FE502EA4-5044-4F40-9B37-F8D66201E123}' (runs on registration).
  • hd-runapp.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{BFE2CE8C-D9FF-4921-9F8B-0731038A27A2}' (runs on registration).
  • hd-logrotator.exe is scheduled as a task named 'LogRotator' (runs daily at 09:42).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:
  • hd-agent.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named BlueStacks Agent.
  • hd-adb.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Express DownloaderUpdate.
Registry entries:
  • hd-agent.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'BlueStacks Agent' and executes as C:\Program Files\Bluestacks\HD-Agent.exe.
  • hd-frontend.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'BlueStacks App Player' and executes as C:\Program Files\BlueStacks\HD-FrontEnd.exe Android hidemode.

Software Details

URL:
https://bluestacks.com
Support:
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\bluestacks
Uninstaller:
MsiExec.exe /X{5C83944D-5319-4AD6-A803-C08446B27596}
Size:
681.00 KB
Language:
English

BlueStacks Executable Details

Primary executable:
hd-frontend.exe
Name:
BlueStacks
Path:
C:\Program Files\bluestacks\hd-frontend.exe
MD5:
b2789c227d8881db0100626ffc5002a7
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by BlueStacks
File Type Filename MD5
DLL
34823bff1b5930416d6874087a4f7473
EXE
a73a38e4159888973fbeedc0ee5fda6e
EXE
0db1386234c5cf4af0974de5ed959e17
DLL
47a6ee3f186b2c2f5057028906bac0c6
EXE
90394c6efa7a2dce61d105cf228d6d31
DLL
ef3194d8e3d6b72e50688f1b059313ea
EXE
15c160d8419f9fe74161b88b6a8eb799
EXE
c80d5cc433612266b60edf9b91adbf0a
EXE
5e832f4faf5f481f2eaf3b3a48f603b8
EXE
2df7bba7319548bc008d3471b96fa9cc